The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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TRACKING THE PACK 18 ■ THE WOLFPACKER NUMBERS AND QUOTES Sponsored by Colony Tire & Service www.colonytire.com PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE ATHLETICS PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE ATHLETICS 1st The NC State women's cross coun- try team's national ranking as of Oct. 1. The three-time defending NCAA champions, who opened their season with a first-place finish at the Adidas XC Challenge on Sept. 20 in Cary, N.C., received 321 points in the Division I coaches' poll, tied with Northern Arizona. 19 Consecutive games in which graduate center ZEKE CORRELL has not allowed a quarterback sack as a starting offensive lineman. Correll did not surrender a sack in his final 13 starts at Notre Dame, nor did he concede any sacks through NC State's first six games of the 2024 season. The 6-foot- 3, 310-pound veteran had only allowed 1 quarterback hurry in 226 pass-blocking snaps through six games this year. 12 Points scored by former NC State kicker BRAYDEN NARVESON in the Green Bay Packers' 30-14 vic- tory over Tennessee on Sept. 22. Narveson was successful on all three of his field goal attempts and added a trio of PAT kicks against the Titans, who had waived him in August even though he went 6 of 7 in preseason action. The Packers signed him prior to the start of the season, and the former Wolfpack standout hit 10 of 14 field goal attempts in his first five games with the team. " I told the team I'm built for stuff like this. I love adversity, I love obstacles. I'm going to battle and fight, and the team is going to fight. I'd ask for the fans, as frus- trated as they are, to fight with us." — Football coach Dave Doeren, address- ing the need for fan support following the Wolfpack's 2-2 start to the season " It's our job as coaches and players to go out and earn it. Every year is different. We can't live on the memory of last year's team, nor can Purdue, nor can UConn, nor can Alabama. We've got to go out there and create our own opportu- nities with this group." — Men's basketball coach KEVIN KEATTS on the need to refocus on the season ahead coming off last year's ACC championship and Final Four berth 5 Number of Power Four football teams that have won eight or more games each of the previous four seasons (2020-23). NC State is one of those teams, having com- piled records of 8-4, 9-3, 8-5 and 9-4 during that span. The other four teams to reach the eight-win threshold each of those four seasons were Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Notre Dame. PHOTO COURTESY GREEN BAY PACKERS